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Experiment Perilous

Experiment Perilous
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJacques Tourneur
Screenplay byWarren Duff
Based onExperiment Perilous
1943 novel
by Margaret Carpenter
Produced byWarren Duff
StarringHedy Lamarr
George Brent
Paul Lukas
Albert Dekker
Carl Esmond
CinematographyTony Gaudio
Edited byRalph Dawson
Music byRoy Webb
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • December 29, 1944 (1944-12-29) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Experiment Perilous is a 1944 American melodrama film set at the turn of the 20th century. The film is based on a 1943 novel of the same name by Margaret Carpenter, and directed by Jacques Tourneur. Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey, Darrell Silvera, and Claude E. Carpenter were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White.[2] Hedy Lamarr's singing voice was dubbed by Paula Raymond.

  1. ^ "Experiment Perilous: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "NY Times: Experiment Perilous". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

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